Employment for children: KPT workers give two-week deadline to resume ‘son quota’
Workers suspend strike for two weeks on port trust request, warn of closure if they are misled.
Waiting in line: 1,200 young men, who are sons of the Karachi Port Trust’s employees, are entitled to jobs in the port trust, said a coordinator of the Son Quota Bahali Committee. PHOTO: APP/ FILE
KARACHI:
The retired employees of the Karachi Port Trust (KPT), under the umbrella of the Son Quota Bahali Committee, have given a two-week deadline to the port’s administration for restoring the son quota.
“The quota is our legal right. We have spent our lives developing the KPT and we will hold strikes and protests around their headquarters if the system is not restored in the next two weeks,” said Lala Nazir, coordinator of the Son Quota Bahali Committee.
Khan, along with dozens of young men and retired employees of the port trust, ended their sit-in at gate 17 of the Karachi Port on Friday evening after negotiations with the administration.
Deputy Commissioner (West) Ghanwar Ali Leghari assured them that their grievances will be addressed and asked them to submit a list of names of those people who are entitled to the quota. The list will then be forwarded to the federal government for their consideration.
Roshan Din Afridi, another coordinator of the Son Quota Bahali Committee, told The Express Tribune that around 1,200 young men are entitled to the quota in KPT.
“Their fathers have either spent their entire lives working for the port trust or have retired - in both cases, children have been deprived of their legal right.” According to Afridi, former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had issued orders to restore son quota in KPT on February 18 last year but nothing was done.
“We have suspended our protests only for two week on request of the port trust but we will shut all activities if we feel that we have been misled.”
The Son Quota Bahali Committee also held a 13-day sit-in outside the KPT head office in February.
Their sit-in on Thursday and Friday at the KPT gate suspended activities at the port.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 31st, 2013.
The retired employees of the Karachi Port Trust (KPT), under the umbrella of the Son Quota Bahali Committee, have given a two-week deadline to the port’s administration for restoring the son quota.
“The quota is our legal right. We have spent our lives developing the KPT and we will hold strikes and protests around their headquarters if the system is not restored in the next two weeks,” said Lala Nazir, coordinator of the Son Quota Bahali Committee.
Khan, along with dozens of young men and retired employees of the port trust, ended their sit-in at gate 17 of the Karachi Port on Friday evening after negotiations with the administration.
Deputy Commissioner (West) Ghanwar Ali Leghari assured them that their grievances will be addressed and asked them to submit a list of names of those people who are entitled to the quota. The list will then be forwarded to the federal government for their consideration.
Roshan Din Afridi, another coordinator of the Son Quota Bahali Committee, told The Express Tribune that around 1,200 young men are entitled to the quota in KPT.
“Their fathers have either spent their entire lives working for the port trust or have retired - in both cases, children have been deprived of their legal right.” According to Afridi, former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had issued orders to restore son quota in KPT on February 18 last year but nothing was done.
“We have suspended our protests only for two week on request of the port trust but we will shut all activities if we feel that we have been misled.”
The Son Quota Bahali Committee also held a 13-day sit-in outside the KPT head office in February.
Their sit-in on Thursday and Friday at the KPT gate suspended activities at the port.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 31st, 2013.